4:08 AM,
Feb. 1, 2013

Mohamud Suleiman, who is originally from Somalia, cleans a new Tenn-Cab model taxi in Nashville on Monday, Jan. 28, 2013.

Written by

Joey Garrison
| The Tennessean

It's about to get easier to locate taxis in Nashville, but whether there will be a demand for more cabs remains to be seen.

A Metro commission that regulates the city's cab industry voted to increase Nashville's taxi fleet by 17 percent Thursday after authorizing the formation of three new taxi companies, including one launched by Somali-American immigrants, which will become Nashville's second driver-owned taxi business.

In front of a packed room of lobbyists, cab drivers and Metro Council members, the city's seven-member transportation licensing commission voted to bump ...